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The Software Process and Measurement Cast provides a forum to explore the varied world of software process improvement and measurement.  The SPaMCast covers topics that deal the challenges how work is done in information technology organizations as they grow and evolve.  The show combines commentaries, interviews and your feedback to serve up ideas, options, opinions, advice and even occasionally facts. 

 

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Unraveling the Paradox of Process, QAs As Servants, Essays and Conversations SPaMCAST 797

Mar 3, 2024

In the Software Process and Measurement Cast 797 we ponder a statement from Roger Turnau in SPaMCAST 796, “You can’t expect the process to save you from yourself in every circumstance.” The statement poses a leadership quandary leading to questions every leader must ask.

  • When does process guidance make sense?

  • When do processes infantilize teams and leaders?

These are not the basis for an after-work philosophical discussion. Vast movements within the software industry have been spawned as cultures have swayed between directive and laissez-faire poles. 

We also have a visit from Jeremy Berriault who brings his Evolutionary Agilst™ Column to the podcast. We discussed whether testers are part of the team and if they own quality.

Re-read Saturday News

This week we finish our re-read of Actionable Agile Metrics Volume II, Advanced Topics in Predictability with two chapters. Chapter 13 is titled Scaling Monte Carlo. In a perfect world, one team could do all of the work needed for a product or feature a manageable piece at a time. Unfortunately, this is the real world. In Chapter 14, titled A Parting Thought, Vacanti states, “We take action because of our relentless pursuit of improvement. That is what professionalism is all about.”

Buy a copy and get reading – Actionable Agile Metrics Volume II, Advanced Topics in Predictability.  

Week 1: Re-read Logistics and Preface – https://bit.ly/4adgxsC

Week 2: Wilt The Stilt and Definition of Variation – https://bit.ly/4aldwGN

Week 3: Variation and Predictability  – https://bit.ly/3tAVWhq 

Week 4: Process Behavior Charts Part 1 – https://bit.ly/3Huainr

Week 5: Process Behavior Charts Part 2 – https://bit.ly/424O5Wc 

Week 6: How Much Data? – https://bit.ly/47GVP24 

Week 7: Detecting Signals – https://bit.ly/3SjwfdO 

Week 8: XmR Charts and the Four Basic Metrics of Flow – https://bit.ly/48j5AU9 

Week 9: Myths and Other Considerations – https://bit.ly/3SvfgVU 

Week 10: VoP, VoC, Predictability, Monte Carlo - https://bit.ly/3UGdxzT  

Week 11: Different Sampling Methods and 85 Percent or Bust - https://bit.ly/48paPlu 

Week 12: Scaling Monte Carlo and A Parting Thought - https://bit.ly/433nvx7 

 

Next SPaMCAST 

The SPaMCAST 798 will feature our interview with Steve Taplin. Steve and I discussed sourcing nearshore and creating a culture inside and around an organization.